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A plucked chicken, a few stray feathers remaining, hangs upside-down by one foot, illuminated. Behind it the metal hinges and wood panels of a door are visible.

For Sunday's Dinner, 1888

William Michael Harnett

Portrait of an older woman holding a mirror and makeup pad, sitting in a dark dressing room in a pink slip and a blue and red skirt. Her flesh is mottled and pasty white, its contours in dark shadows that make it appear almost bruised. She gazes to the left forlornly.

Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, 1929–30

Ivan Albright

A work made of gouache on ivory watercolor paper.

Oh God, Herrings, Buoys, the Glittering Sea, 1940

Ivan Albright

Very large rectangular object depicting green squares with black squares in almost a tiled floor appearance. There is a long white ruler that runs along most of the bottom border.

In Memory of My Father, 1976

Sylvia Plimack Mangold

A work made of pastel on blue laid paper, pieced, laid down on canvas, and stretched on a wood stretcher.

Portrait of Philippe Coypel and His Wife, 1742

Charles-Antoine Coypel

A work made of oil on canvas.

Rack Picture for Dr. Nones, 1879

William A. Mitchell

Gilded porcelain box of betting chips for card game.

Gaming Set, c. 1735

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory

A work made of oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait of My Sister, 1941

Gertrude Abercrombie

A work made of wood, pigment, and fiber.

Figure Screen (Duein Fubara), Early 20th century

Kalabari

A work made of pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt top; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, metallic and cotton embroidery threads.

John L. Sullivan Quilt, c. 1890

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Fates Gathering in the Stars, 1887

Elihu Vedder

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Ninth Month, from the series Five Amorous Festivals of Love (Aibore iro no gosekku), 1801

Kitagawa Utamaro

Portrait of woman in black and white stripped dress against floral wallpaper.

Portrait of Joaneta Obrador, 1918

Joan Miró

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

Icebound, c. 1889

John Henry Twachtman

A bronze lion, on the cusp of a roar, seems to step forward on its pedastal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lion (One of a Pair, North Pedestal), 1893

Edward Kemeys

A work made of cotton, plain weave; roller or screen printed.

Gymnastics (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1930/32

Elizaveta Nikitina

A work made of glass, mold-blown.

Flask in the Shape of a Date, 1st century

Ancient Roman

A work made of oil on panel.

J. Ellis Bonham, March 5, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of oil on panel.

Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), March 6, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of oil on panel.

William Bonham, March 4, 1825

William Bonnell

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